Scarlett's fingers twitched as she opened her tired eyes and saw Nina's face. She grabbed Nina's hand tightly.

Nina noticed and looked at her again. "Scarlett!"

Scarlett's weak voice whispered, "So cold..."

Nina held her close. "I'll hold you. You won't be cold. You won't be cold."

"Am I dying?" Scarlett asked weakly. "I'm sorry. I couldn't find the antidote for you... I... cough, cough..."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Nina said. "Don't talk. The ambulance is here. I'll get you on it, and you'll be fine."

Scarlett's eyes started to glaze over. She spoke faintly, "Don't be sad for me. We didn't have much connection. It was all for Wilfred. Living is exhausting. It's kind of nice that I won't have to struggle to survive anymore."

Her life felt like it should never have started. There was no joy, only constant helplessness. No family, alone, and no one to love her. Living had lost its meaning.

"Now you can live well," Nina said, trying to ignite Scarlett's will to survive. "Sawyer is captured, this place is destroyed. No one can control you anymore. You can live beautifully. Didn't you say you wanted to live and be pretty? You can't give up. You can't!"

Nina almost shouted, desperate to see Scarlett hold onto life.

Scarlett gazed at Nina, a faint smile on her lips. "Can I really live well?"

loved, you can be the prettiest girl, clean and beautiful. You won't be alone. You'll have friends

tears suddenly fell

she had always longed for. She wouldn't be

to exist in the light and be a normal person. She wanted to

truly loved in her life. She wanted to experience being loved, genuinely

it beside Scarlett. Her

Scarlett clung to Nina's hand, looking

for staying pure

envied her for being so bright, positive, and full of

from the

aback, then more tears streamed down her

"I can take a

have delicate skin

be someone's precious

You can't endure this."

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red with emotion, her heart heavy with

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